TORONTO, April 25, 2013 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) announced today that the nominees listed in its
Management Proxy Circular dated February 28, 2013 were elected as
Directors of CIBC. Detailed results of the vote for the election of
directors held earlier today in Ottawa at CIBC's Annual Meeting of
Shareholders are as follows.
Election of directors
On a vote by ballot, each of the following 16 nominees proposed by
management was elected as a Director of CIBC:
|
NOMINEES
|
VOTES FOR
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|
VOTES WITHHELD
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B. S. Belzberg
|
196,413,885
|
94.77%
|
|
10,847,472
|
5.23%
|
|
G. F. Colter
|
196,052,187
|
94.59%
|
|
11,209,170
|
5.41%
|
|
D. D'Alessandro
|
196,456,032
|
94.79%
|
|
10,805,325
|
5.21%
|
|
P. D. Daniel
|
206,237,243
|
99.51%
|
|
1,024,114
|
0.49%
|
|
L. Desjardins
|
205,353,135
|
99.08%
|
|
1,908,222
|
0.92%
|
|
G. D. Giffin
|
194,297,616
|
93.75%
|
|
12,963,741
|
6.25%
|
|
L. S. Hasenfratz
|
195,348,955
|
94.25%
|
|
11,908,032
|
5.75%
|
|
K. J. Kelly
|
206,704,234
|
99.73%
|
|
556,964
|
0.27%
|
|
N. D. Le Pan
|
206,555,731
|
99.66%
|
|
705,626
|
0.34%
|
|
J. P. Manley
|
177,143,056
|
85.47%
|
|
30,118,301
|
14.53%
|
|
G. T. McCaughey
|
196,464,255
|
94.79%
|
|
10,797,102
|
5.21%
|
|
J. L. Peverett
|
205,833,159
|
99.31%
|
|
1,428,198
|
0.69%
|
|
L. Rahl
|
167,475,657
|
80.80%
|
|
39,785,700
|
19.20%
|
|
C. Sirois
|
195,760,654
|
94.45%
|
|
11,500,703
|
5.55%
|
|
K. B. Stevenson
|
205,965,645
|
99.37%
|
|
1,295,712
|
0.63%
|
|
R. W. Tysoe
|
177,391,171
|
85.59%
|
|
29,870,186
|
14.41%
|
SOURCE: CIBC
Jason Patchett, Investor Relations, 416-980-8691, Anu Shrivats, Investor Relations, 416-980-2556, or Mary Lou Frazer, Investor and Financial Communications, 416-980-4111